Exorcist Diary #350: What's Wrong with Reiki?

["The Trinity," Andrei Rublev, 1411 or 1425–27

I regularly am asked about Reiki and other New Age spiritualities. Many Catholics believe practicing such is compatible with the teachings of Jesus and the faith he founded. Is it? One woman recently said to me that she saw no difference between the Holy Spirit and Reiki's "Universal Life Energy."

On March 25, 2009 the U.S. bishops issued a statement rejecting Reiki. Their reasoning could easily be applied to many New Age spiritualities. In Reiki and other such spiritualities, Reiki "Masters," as a result of their training, learn to "channel" a Universal Life Energy that brings healing. What could be wrong with that?

The Church recognizes and supports the proper use of the healing sciences of medicine, psychology, and such. But these New Age approaches claim a kind of spiritual energy and practice, and the practitioner supposedly can control and call down these "universal" energies.

But the Holy Spirit is not such an abstract entity. The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. Our God is not an abstract impersonal entity, but a Divine Person who loves us. Moreover, we Christians who pray to the Holy Spirit do so with reverence and humility, asking God for healing graces. We do not "channel" God but rather we humbly ask the Divine Person for help.

God gives us what is best for us and does not give us what is not. We do not control God nor does any special training make us more effective. In fact, a humble contrite heart is thought to be most often heard.

New Age spiritualities put the human person at the center of the universe. They channel "energies". They are akin to a kind of magic or shamanistic approach which treats the spiritual world as responding to special invocations and incantations, rather than asking the one true living God for help.

What is particular concerning about such approaches is that they can easily be a portal for the demonic. If the Reiki master is not invoking the true God, then who else in the spiritual world will respond? Moreover, we should be careful about who we let lay their hands on us and pray over us. Someone who is not in a state of grace can be a source of evil, regardless of the person's intentions. For example, if you let a "healing witch," a shaman or curandero pray over you, you will likely be connected to demons of divination. Our center is increasingly receiving requests for help from those who dabbled in New Age and occult spiritualities.

In about thirty minutes, I am off to go to confession. This is truly a healing grace from God. I will then spend time in Eucharistic adoration and meditate on the Bible; I consistently hear wonderful stories from people who do so. Today, we honor the Mother of Jesus for her "Immaculate Heart." This is another healing and grace-filled devotion. And, of course, tomorrow is Sunday and a special day of Eucharistic celebration and communion with the Lord.

Jesus and his Church give us many solid and divinely-graced spiritual practices. But we cannot control God or make God give us what we want. Rather, we trust the God is a loving Father who truly loves us and knows best what we need. Pray to Him and trust Him.

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Summary of Feedback from June 2025

Online Deliverance Session

The entire thing from beginning to end was nothing but a gift from God.

Awesome!

Life feels like a war zone every day and your prayers are light and hope to us all.

I could expel air and breathe normally again. My son died by suicide and the demons

are after what’s left of his family… hope came in strongly

Every session is better than the last. I spent years in talk therapy and on

antidepressants. Deliverance Prayers each month have helped me more than years in

psychiatry…

I was very reluctant to participate and I did and am so glad! So much peace, and the

hour and a half went so quickly. God bless you and your ministry!

I feel an overwhelming sense of peace.

I am healing quickly and am incredibly grateful to Msgr. Rossetti and his team…I’m

under a demonic oppression-worst thing I have ever been through. I have a

“prescription” from an exorcist, and Msgr. Rossetti and his app are part of the

prescription!

Hope is restored.

Wow the new children of God litany/prayer was extremely powerful!! I was overcome

with powerful emotions and a release of built up tensions and feelings of

unworthiness…it was revealed to me just how deep this lie has been with me…I’m very

grateful for this prayer tonight!!

That was wonderful.

I started to cough, had pains in my chest and…heard a voice say…“He can’t do that.” I

continued to just listen to Msgr. say the prayers. By the end I found peace! I could

breathe deeply! Thank you all!

I just came away feeling really good and at peace.

We experienced peace as a couple who have been having great difficulties in our

marriage…and is particularly bad now. It was a reprieve from a long term spiritual

affliction. A ray of hope for the future

Wow, very strong prayersAmazing. My son and I attended together. We both loved it and will definitely participate again.

I had been attacked with thoughts of self-hatred, terrifying memories of my late abusive

mother lately…I felt such peace and joy! I'm eternally grateful…

When we’re in the prayer to break unholy ties, I began to burp frequently—something I couldn’t control. Then, during the ratification prayer, I felt so physically weak that I nearly fell off my chair. After the closing of the session, I let out a very large burp, which seemed to mark the end of my reactions…I’m back to normal no longer sleepy.

Amazing, powerful I feel cleansed, blessed & peaceful.

Upon praying the litany of child of God I broke down crying and knew I needed graces

to accept who I am before God.

Tonight, I felt a weight lifted off of me when we prayed for a second time "I willingly

forgive myself." Right after I said the words "I renounce the evil spirit of self-hatred,"

that's when I felt a difference.

Very uplifting for me. These days have been very dark days for me fighting against the

enemy on my past life. Memories that darken my life come into view. The devil is

spreading anxiety and depression. You are a blessing.

This prayer session was especially successful in my life. I was enabled to forgive a 6

month misunderstanding I had…a weight has been lifted from my shoulders…I forgive him.

Felt peace, that I have not felt in a long time.

Very powerful.

I received peace and had a good nights sleep. I felt protected by the Blessed Virgin

Mary.

I have never attended a deliverance prayer session before. I have always been too

afraid of what would happen. For some reason, I felt that I needed to attend last night's session. My old fears crept in, but I pushed them aside and attended. I had no idea what to expect. For me, the session was extremely powerful. I felt a strong sense of peace. My anxiety had lessened.

Excellent

It helped a great deal to unload that with which I have been burdened for some time.

Profound sense of peace and joy.A very powerful prayer session. It brought me inner peace and strength.

During the prayer to break unholy ties, I thought of something horrible that I did to…the victims. This is something that has been haunting me my entire life even after receiving absolution during confession…I teared up and I felt some peace.

God is real. God is love. Thank God you guys are there. Keep fighting the good fight…

I feel so personally touched that Msgr. Rossetti continues to pray with us for healing

from trauma and abuse…Thank you Msgr. Rossetti for helping me feel so cared about

as part of our Catholic family, God bless you.

About 10 minutes into these prayers I have the most astonishing sense of peace and

calm…

…the prayers of forgiveness and letting go are awesome. I wish I could bottle this

feeling and confidence that I feel during the hour that I spend with you.

The prayers were very powerful. I felt as though they were effective…I’ve attended a

few times, and prayed for healing of the division in my family. There is some history of free masonry. This weekend my sister returned to our family gatherings. Thanks be to God.

This was my first online session and it was beautiful!

At the beginning of the session, I was depressed and feeling overwhelmed with my

medical situation…I did have burping during the session and feel much better and

don't feel depressed since the session ended!

Throughout the entire session, I felt such peace. When Msgr prayed the generational

prayer, I felt…things fall off me and such a release.... and the peace continued.

This was an awesome experience!

I felt peaceful, close to God, renewed, and strengthened in my faith. I had been

suffering from back and neck pain due to stress; the symptoms disappeared during the session, and I have since been free of the pain.

Almost a year has passed since I join your deliverance prayer sessions, returned to the

Catholic Church and my life is changed. So much healing and graces.

I felt, and still feel a deep sense of peace. I have neuropathy in my feet, but now I can

feel my toes. I’m not sure what just happened. But I know God is good and I have been

blessed.It was a beautiful session…

Tonight I became very emotional and wept at the end…I

thought of all the broken families. I thought of members of my own family who do not

know the Father and I cried for them.

Oh joy joy joy ….this is what I felt after the prayer session

I had a faint scent of flowers all throughout the healing session, and I have no perfume or fresh flowers anywhere near me.

Uncontrolled Tears during Litany of the Saints and Prayer by Fr. Amorth. Have been

getting in prayer…against the generational spirits of Infidelity, Heresy, Apostasy and

Unmitigated Sorrow in our family line. Wow! Something released. The Joy and Peace

are phenomenal. Thank you!

I feel so free and cleansed after these sessions.

I am definitely feeling more forgiveness towards my father and his alcoholism that

destroyed our family.

I recently resigned from my work…as part of my healing process. I was always

humiliated, shouted upon, bullied. Now I am trying to build a business. Our prayer

sessions helped me a lot in this journey.

Pure peace.

Thank you! When I was 19 or so, a friend's mom took me to a "white witch" for a

“blessing”...I was so young, so naive. This experience [SMC online deliverance

session] has given me the peace of knowing this chain is now broken, praise Jesus!

This session was so powerful…tonight the Lord kept me quiet and resting in His love.

This was my second deliverance session. With both sessions, I have felt a little lighter

and more at peace. I also struggle less with temptations concerning impurity.

During the forgiving prayer and the breaking of all occult curses I cried my eyes out. I

gagged a couple of times during the generational curses breaking and definitely felt

something give way…

I felt calm, peaceful and reassured.

I am a cradle Catholic and was away from the church for a long time…I must admit that I carry a lot of guilt, depression and anxiety and fear. I feel hope and hopeful. I feel at peace and believe that I am redeemable and that God does love me. Thank you for the session…

This was my first session. I was surprised to collapse in tears during the prayer for self-forgiveness! I didn't expect that. Afterwards, I felt noticeably more joyful, peaceful, and energetic! I…have to drag myself out of bed most mornings, and have struggled with a lifetime of fear and self-loathing from a history of childhood trauma.

These sessions strengthen me and give me courage to keep inviting Jesus into the

prison cells of other people’s lives (and mine as well). I received 10 minutes of your

session before one of the people in my life called with a cry for help owing to

attempted suicide. Can’t tell you enough how strengthening these sessions are for me.

Thank you.

I feel empowered.

The best way I can describe it is that I felt like I took a spiritual bath. A sense of

cleanliness particularly because of the family history in Masonry.

I struggle a lot with childhood trauma and self-hatred. Besides the sense of peace I felt

after the session, I know something changed. It's almost like I feel my "inner child"

asking me to quit punishing her and to be more kind. Not only I received this insight,

but also received the grace to actually do it. So, thank you

I am slowly feeling the spirit of hatred leaving me.

Our family has great joy and relief tonight after participating…We missed the prayer

sessions for the last two months and we recognized that things in family have not gone well psychologically and spiritually. Tonight, after the prayer session, the great joy and relief suddenly came back to our home.

Msgr. Rossetti, thank you so much for caring about us enough to fight the evil spirits.

My husband and I are noticing a significant improvement in our marriage, our ability to communicate with each other without getting frustrated…We have more hope now,

and joy in our daily lives…

My experience was powerful, reverent, and emotionally charged with the presence of peace and utter acceptance from God…as I prayed the Litany of the Saints, I was

overcome with tears

I was battling severe depression and also severe headache before the deliverance

session, but after the session, all my depression has vanished also I experienced a

miraculous healing where my severe headache went away and mind is so clear and

heart filled with Joy and Peace.

Words cannot express my deep gratitude to our Lord for these sessions.I was entangled in the new age spirituality and manifestation. with your deliverance sessions you have healed my soul, I have returned going to church…and was able to find the invaluable peace I was seeking in my life. THANK YOU and all the volunteers at the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal. I was so blessed to find you on TikTok.

Wow! I was worried about logging on. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and that slight

sense of fear arose. Throughout the deliverance, my head started to feel weird and I

was burping. Nothing crazy, but it made me realize I was here for a reason! In addition to the deliverance, I was reminded how much I rely on myself and not God! Thank you Monsignor and all of the staff and participants! God is so good!!

After the session on June 2, I slept better than I have in months. For four very long

years, I wake up at 3 am and typically take two hours to fall back asleep. Last night I

was relaxed at bedtime and slept through the night.

I appreciated Father praying for our families. We are experiencing so much division and hindrances. Some of my family says they are devout Catholics but support abortion… gay marriage and many new age practices…moving away from the faith and hostile. The prayers help and I know many others are struggling like us.